The flotilla was organized primarily by two organizations, "Free Gaza" and the Turkish group IHH. Of the two, the IHH is the larger, and contributed the largest of the ships and the most passengers. The IHH is a radical antisemitic, anti-American Islamic Jihadist organization, that maintains ties with Hamas, Al Qaeda, and several other terrorist groups. Here's a brief summary.

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yitz..: are you kidding? or did you really not notice that this isn't an actual recording of the actual response of the flotilla?

No sir, I am not kidding at all. What would possibly make you say such a thing? What is your basis for this charge? Are you trying to imply that the IDF released a fake tape??

This is an actual recording of the actual radio communication beween the IDF and the flotilla, albeit with the long periods of silence and inaudible comments edited out. See here for details. You can listen to the entire, unedited tape here.

The only issue of uncertainty is whether the transmission came from the Mavi Marmara or one of the other ships in the flotilla. There is no doubt, however, that it did come from one of the ships (which is the point). Nobody else was in range. See here.

To jump from this to Yitz's bizarre claim that "this isn't an actual recording of the actual response of the flotilla" is baseless and ridiculous.

I stand corrected. At the time I didn't see this was an official idf release.

But my initial reaction is the reaction most web-literate people who saw this video without noticing the source (or without knowing idfnadesk was an official channel of the idf) it doesn't sound real. it sounds like people mocking an actual transmission using faked/funny voices.

IMHO this recording, without a link to the full uncut recording is not very believable, anyone who might think the idf would "doctor" some footage/audio, (or didn't know this was sourced with the idf) would easily (and incorrectly) jump (as i did) to the conclusion that this isn't authentic.

sorry for what seemed like a flame, it was unintentional -- it honestly didn't sound even remotely authentic to me.

yitz.

ps. i think this does an excellent job of highlighting just how difficult the idf's job is re: hasbara.